Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 15:33:22 -0500
From: "Gregory J. Pulliam"
Subject: Re: out in left field
The WORST player was always put in right field, not left. Right field is
the position which receives the fewest balls in play, as it is primarily
left-handed batters who hit in that direction, and the ball must also get
past the infield for the right-fielder to have a chance at misplaying the
ball. I know. I spent a lot of time "out in right field." THAT phrase's
meaning is very different for me from "out in left field."
Greg Pulliam
Illinois Institute of Technology